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Belly Drum (move)

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Belly Drum
はらだいこ Belly Drum
Belly Drum.png
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cute
Appeal  1 ♥
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

Belly Drum (Japanese: はらだいこ Belly Drum) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Belly Drum deducts half of the user's maximum HP (rounded down) from its current HP and, in return, it maximizes the user's Attack stat by raising it to +6 stages, even if the user's temporary Attack bonus stages were below 0 prior to using Belly Drum.

Belly Drum fails if the user's current HP is less than half its maximum, or if the user's Attack is already at +6 (even if the user has Contrary).

If the user has Contrary, its Attack will be lowered to -6 stages (although the message will still say that the user maximized its Attack); even if the user's Attack is already at -6 stages, Belly Drum will deduct HP.

In Generation II only, if the Pokémon is under 50% HP when using the move, it will still have its Attack raised 2 stages due to a bug.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A move that allows the user to consume half of its own HP in order to maximize its Attack.
GSC Reduces own HP to maximize Attack.
RSEColoXD Maximizes Attack while sacrificing HP.
FRLG The user maximizes its Attack stat at the cost of half its full HP.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS 		The user maximizes its Attack stat in exchange for HP equal to half its max HP.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
060   Poliwag Water Water 37 37 31 31 31
061   Poliwhirl Water Water 43 43 37 37 37
143   Snorlax Normal Normal 22 15 13 17 17 44
263   Zigzagoon Normal Normal   41 41 45 45
37
264   Linoone Normal Normal   53 53 59 59
43
296   Makuhita Fighting Fighting   37 25 25 25
297   Hariyama Fighting Fighting   40 27 27 27
26
446   Munchlax Normal Normal         44
554   Darumaka Fire Fire       30 30
555   Darmanitan Fire Fire       30 30
652   Chesnaught Grass Fighting         1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
004   Charmander Fire Fire          
079   Slowpoke Water Psychic                    
104   Cubone Ground Ground          
108   Lickitung Normal Normal          
173   Cleffa* Fairy Fairy           
183   Marill Water Fairy               
216   Teddiursa Normal Normal                    
240   Magby Fire Fire               
363   Spheal Ice Water                
650   Chespin Grass Grass              
684   Swirlix* Fairy Fairy          
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0060   PoliwagLv.15 Water Pokéwalker - Blue Lake
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0194   Wooper Water Ground Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #1
New York City Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0096   Drowzee Psychic Wish Egg
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Belly Drum has the same Attack-maximizing effect but empties the user's Belly instead of reducing the user's HP.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts the user's Attack to maximum, but empties its Belly to just one. It has no effect if the Belly is one or less.


In the anime

 
Poliwag


The user taps its belly to cut its HP to gain attack.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Poliwag waves its body back and forth and taps its stomach with its tail three times. Its body then becomes outlined in red, raising its attack power, but cutting its health.
A Poliwag Max borrowed from the Pokémon Trainer's School Gonna Rule the School! Debut


In the manga

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga


In other generations

       
Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V
 
MD: Red and Blue
     
Stadium 2 Colosseum XD

Trivia

  • Belly Drum is the only move that is capable of raising a single stat by more than three levels, not counting Psych Up, Power Swap, Guard Swap, and Heart Swap.
    • While Shell Smash causes a net total of eight stat changes, Belly Drum can cause more stat changes if the user has experienced at least a -3 stat change to its Attack stat, reaching twelve stat changes if the user has a -6 Attack stat change.
  • Due to how both this move and Darmanitan's Zen Mode Ability work, Belly Drum can force Darmanitan to change its form (unless it is at full HP and has an odd maximum HP).

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 肚子大鼓 Dùzi Dàgǔ
  Dutch Buikslag
  Finnish Vatsajymy
  French Cognobidon
  German Bauchtrommel
  Greek Στομαχόκρουση
  Italian Panciamburo
  Korean 배북 Baebuk
Portuguese   Brazil Tambor de Barriga
  Portugal Defesa de Barriga
  Serbian Čeličenje
  Spanish Tambor


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
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